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Sandeep_Gupta_1's avatar
Sandeep_Gupta_1
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Aug 21, 2013

Virtual Server creation

Hello,   I am new to F5 and using the evaluation version of F5 (Big IP LTM Virtual Edition). I am facing problem while creating the virtual server for tomcat application.   F5 Big-IP LTM VE is...
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Hamish's avatar
Hamish
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Aug 21, 2013

The BigIP acts as a proxy. So you can debug it at both the bigip/client and bigip/server side to see whats happening.

 

If you tcpdump both sides, what do you see? Does the connection between client and bigip succeed? Do you see the request come from the client? (I usually test using telnet for this point as browsers just get in the way at this level).

 

If that all looks OK, what do you see at the server side? Does BigIP open a connection to the server? Is the request passed through?

 

Are you seeing any errors in /var/log/ltm? Perhaps your client is using HTTP methods not supported by the HTTP profile?

 

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